After mistakes from both sides Jamie Oliver feeds Nic Stirzaker from the base of the resulting scrum who exposes Joe Edwards's to race over the line from close in. Great start from the home side however Te Rure fails with his attempted conversion

Simon Hickey gets Auckland off to the perfect start with a penalty kick from just over 40 metres out but Jade Te Rure quickly matches his attempt with a penalty of his own to leave the sides level after 8 minutes

Hello and welcome to Ultimate Rugby's coverage of this ITM Cup game between Manawatu and Auckland. If the last meeting of these sides is anything to go by this match could be very one sided as Auckland cruised to a 43 point victory on that occasion. Although they have home advantage it is difficult to see anything but an Auckland victory today although the hosts will be very eager to get their first win after losing to Hawke's Bay in the opening round. With 19 year old Simon Hickey at out half and the figure of Piri Weepu to guide him Auckland seem to have a nice mix of both youth and experience that can help makes it 2 wins from 2 in this second round contest.